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Re: Genealogy Scam Question



I'm no cataloger, but with a background in local history/genealogical
liobrarianship, I'd call them surname directories. Hope this helps!

--- Dean DeBolt <ddebolt@MAIL.UWF.EDU> wrote:
> We have received a small collection of family materials which
> we're going to keep intact.  Nothing special, except the
> individuals
> purchased every one of these "family history" books from various
> publishers.   These are the books which are standard genealogy
> how-to books and then have inserted a computer-printed list of
> all the addresses of your surname taken from the post office, or
> census, or whatever.   We have roughly 7 of these, different
> shapes,
> bindings, titles, etc.   Most genealogists disdain these books
> because
> they are not researched family genealogies; however I plan to keep
> them because they are slightly helpful and good examples to show
> others.   But I have a problem ...
>
> What terminology do you call these things?
>
> Dean
> Dean DeBolt
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> Special Collections and West Florida Archives
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> University of West Florida
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